What initially felt like a meteoric rise tapered off into a slow burn.
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Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
Light-bloom torture-test shots of colorful objects against completely black backgrounds also produced significant haze that tapered off gradually across the screen.
Guthrie is 84, after all, and not in great health, so though in the first few days the focus was on trying to find her alive, at this point, the hopes of that have diminished greatly.
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StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
15 Apr. 2026
Quiet Maryam and mercurial Farhan—eight years apart—had often squabbled, gone through periods of not talking, but without her sister as a foil, Maryam was diminished.
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